A respectable village head decides to keep his son away from the violent politics of rural life. However, fate intervenes, forcing the young man to not only return home, but also take up the sickle.
Acting
Don Lee balances terrifying and cuddly like nobody's business
Practical Effects
Sickle fights that actually look like they hurt, a lot
Writing
Dad-son tension that lands harder than any punch
Director
Son Yong-ho
Ma Dong-seok
Park Woong-chul
Kim Sang-joong
Oh Gu-tak
Kim A-joong
Kwak No-soon
Jang Ki-yong
Ko Yoo-sung
Park Hyo-joon
Yoon Chul-joo
Kim In-woo
Yoshihara
Lee Jae-yoon
Skull tattoo
Park Won-sang
Jo Dong-chul
Jo Young-jin
No Sang-shik
Park Hyoung-soo
Park Sung-tae
Park Sang-wook
Kim Chang-min
Kang Ye-won
Yoo Mi-young
Cho Dong-hyuk
Jung Tae-soo
Kim Hye-yoon
Gu-tak's Daughter
Kong Jeong-hwan
Nam Myung-seok
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is actually a prequel to the hit drama 'Bad Guys' (2014), explaining how Don Lee's Woong-chul ended up in prison. The TV show came first, then they made a movie about the backstory because we all needed more Don Lee.
The sickle isn't random—it's a symbol of rural Korean labor being weaponized against urban criminal power. The film quietly critiques how economic abandonment of countryside communities creates this violence.
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